<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Isn't it the case that if you have a home office you can take the heating and cooling, elec. and so on off your taxes for that square footage? bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 10:22 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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> On Behalf Of MB via extropy-chat<br>
Subject: Re: [ExI] subways, was: RE: A potential COVID-19 vaccine<br>
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On Tue, April 28, 2020 08:36, spike jones via extropy-chat wrote:<br>
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>> The benefits to the expansion of remote working are obvious, but what <br>
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>...You might want to look into the tax situation. In some places you might<br>
owe tax to the state where your office-job is *and* the state where your<br>
working-from-home is.<br>
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<a href="https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/04/27/the_dangerous_tax_implication_of_tele-working_490075.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/04/27/the_dangerous_tax_impli<br>
cation_of_tele-working_490075.html</a><br>
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Regards,<br>
MB<br>
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How well we know that one.<br>
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For several years I was commuting to New Jersey for business. That state<br>
doesn't care where you live: if you spend 30 or more nights in their state,<br>
they want to collect taxes. Several of my colleagues paid those (the<br>
company covered the cost) but they still had to fill out the tax returns and<br>
all that bother so some of us came up with alternative solutions.<br>
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One was to drive into another state from our NJ office to stay the night.<br>
There were two states within reasonable driving distance, but that was a<br>
pain in the ass too, so as I approached the 30 day limit, I chose another<br>
solution which was unique to me: catch the last flight out of San Francisco<br>
at 1120, wheels down in Newark at 0610, run down to the rental car place<br>
with no checked luggage, never crowded that time of day and I was the first<br>
one there always, get a rental car, drive out to the office, low traffic<br>
still, get out there by 0730, work my ass off, drive the meetings (that was<br>
the important part, don't just go to the meetings, drive the meetings) try<br>
to finish that day, hustle on back to Newark, catch the 640 pm flight back<br>
to San Francisco, wheels down at 935 pm, drive home tired but back home just<br>
the same.<br>
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Expense reports looked weird: four meals, no hotel. New Jersey never knew I<br>
was there (a hotel counts as there, a rental car does not.) One year I had<br>
29 nights in New Jersey, and several more where I spent the night at 30k ft.<br>
I didn't like that assignment. I did end up with skerjillions of frequent<br>
flyer miles, none of which I ever used. I assume those points eventually<br>
died of old age, but no worries, I don't like flying. I love airplanes, so<br>
cool they are. I just don't like flying in airliners, forced into contact<br>
with all those other proles who I must assume are like me (ewwwww ick,<br>
gross, take me away Calgon (by car please.))<br>
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spike<br>
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